Michael Conlan Added To Lomachenko vs. Linares at MSG
By Elliot Foster
MICHAEL CONLAN has outlined the date and venue of his next fight –– just days after chalking up his latest win.
The Belfast star made light work of Hungary’s David Berna recently at Madison Square Garden, exclusively live on ESPN in the States, as part of the supporting cast to the Top Rank-promoted world title doubleheader.
Conlan made his professional debut on March 17, 2017 at the Garden –– on St Patrick’s Day –– and has fought there three times from his six outings.
The 26-year-old stopped Berna in two rounds in his last fight –– on the same bill as Jose Ramirez’s WBC super-lightweight title victory against Amir Imam and Oleksandr Gzvodyk’s WBC interim light-heavyweight win against Mehdi Amar.
And it has now been revealed that he will fight on May 12, live on ESPN again, as part of the supporting cast to Jorge Linares’ WBA world lightweight title defence against Vasyl Lomachenko as he looks to move to 7-0.
Carlos Adames, Teofimo Lopez, Shakur Stevenson and Fazliddin Gaibnazarov are also set for action on the card, with further additions to be revealed in due course.
"Hopefully we'll be able to get a fight with someone undefeated because I want to step up again and show what I can do," Conlan said.
"It felt great to be in there against Berna. The fans turned out and the atmosphere was simply amazing. I wish the fight had gone on longer but that's the way it goes sometimes.
"My trainer Adam Booth has brought back what I'm good at, which is using my boxing skills to break opponents down rather than steam in there and try to take them out quickly.
"It was a two-day party afterwards. I had a great time but then it was straight back in the gym and preparing for the next one. There are talks about fighting in Belfast in the summer and this fight will set that up."
